May 19, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Because of inclement weather today (Wednesday, May 19), Wichita State will postpone its observance of National Employee Health and Fitness Day and poker walk until Thursday, May 20. Come for the ribbon-cutting ceremony that will open a new 1.5 mile marked walking path on campus and participate in the poker walk that starts north of the Heskett Center under a canopy from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday.

May 20, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Student Activities Council encourages you and your departments to host an event during Fall Welcomefest 2010. Welcomefest is designed to welcome new and returning students to campus the first two weeks of the semester, Aug. 15-28. Ideas for events include contests, information tables, open houses, food fests, movies, forums, dances, fashion shows, etc. If your department will host an event, let SA

May 17, 2010 — By WSU News Services — The Wichita fire chief and the Kansas secretary of revenue were honored at Wichita State's Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs' Celebration of Excellence on May 13. Chief Ron Blackwell received the school's Alumni Award for Outstanding Public Service and Revenue Secretary Joan Wagnon received the Hugo Award. For the complete story, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?563.

May 17, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Balbir Mathur will talk with WSU students and faculty regarding ways of sharing education with developing countries at 1:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, May 18) in 113A Wallace Hall. Mathur will be hosted by the student chapter of Engineers Without Borders. Balbir Mathur is the founder of Trees for Life, a local nonprofit organization that works with communities in developing countries to help them add

May 18, 2010 — By WSU News Services — President Beggs has approved the following revision to the WSU Policies and Procedures Manual: 9.01 / Research Administration -- http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/ch9_01.htm To reflect the division of the prior Associate Provost for Research and Director of the Office of Research Administration position into two separate and distinct positions, 1) Associate Provost for Research and 2) Director o

May 20, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Educators have an opportunity to improve their teaching of writing at a summer institute scheduled June 7-July 2 at Wichita State. The institute is conducted by the South Central Kansas Writing Project, a professional development network serving teachers of writing at all grade levels, sponsored by the National Writing Project and WSU College of Education. During the institute, teachers will le

May 24, 2010 — By WSU News Services — * Wichita State will celebrate a new 1.5 mile marked walking path on campus at 11:30 a.m. today (Thursday, May 20). Following a ribbon-cutting ceremony, faculty and staff are invited to participate in a poker walk from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The walk begins north of the Heskett Center under the canopy. If you have it, please bring your postcard invitation. * The WSU baseball team will host Dallas B

May 19, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Faculty and staff are invited to a reception for Media Resources Center producer/editor/videographer Lonny Quattlebaum from 2-4 p.m. Friday, May 21, in the MRC. Quattlebaum, who has worked in the MRC for more than 10 years, has resigned to take a senior editor's position at Intake Studios.

May 17, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Health care students from Wichita State University and the KU School of Medicine-Wichita teamed up for the annual CLARION competition and earned third place from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=1069

May 20, 2010 — By WSU News Services — * Faculty and staff are encouraged to complete a short survey of 13 questions for the WSU Foundation. The survey must be completed once you've started. Take the survey at http://gs-survey.com/s.asp?s=11836. * The World Trade Council of Wichita and the Center for International Business Advancement at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at WSU will sponsor Doing Business with ASEAN Trade Confe